The Mute Lockwood

Chapter 3

A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews and adding me to your alerts guys! Really means a lot to me! And to answer The Mystery is in the Words question, yes but don't worry you'll be seeing him in flash backs and I'm working on this quickly the whole of season one will HOPEFULLY all be up by January then Season 2 will start around late January with Season 3 in February-March I'm working on it quickly though!:) hope you guys like this, don't hate me for this chapter;) review please!

Friday Night Bites


Jessie was sitting on the wall outside of school reading a book when someone sat down next to her.

"Hey Jessie." A deep voice said, Jessie frowned a little but covered it up with a small smile and looked at Kyle Carter, the freshman "popular" jock wannabe also her crush. Jessie nodded her head and smiled slightly, "so… I… what book you reading?" Kyle asked looking at Jessie's book although he really had no interest in the book.

Jessie held her book up to show the title 'Wuthering Heights' Kyle nodded his head before looking at Jessie. "Up for going to The Grill later with me and a few mates?" He asked expecting her to say yes.

Jessie bit her lip before looking around and seeing Megan making her way over to them, Jessie blushed before nodding her head giving him a small smile. He grinned before he stood up and kissed her cheek, "see you later babe." He said winking and left.

Megan grinned and ran the rest of the way over to Jessie and giggled, "Oh my god! Did Kyle Carter just ask you out?" Megan asked grinning. Jessie blushed and nodded her head giving a small smile to her best friend, who squealed getting the attention of a few people but she ignored them and began jumping up and down. "My baby girl is growing up so fast, next you'll be graduating high school, then University then I'll see you walk down the Isle to Kyle to become Jessie Carter then I'll be a Auntie to your cute children… it's all too fast." Megan dramatically wept making Jessie roll her eyes and nudge her shoulder smirking.

The school bell rang and the girls hooked arms before they walked into school with Megan talking about how the date's going to go and what Jessie should name her children.


"Come on Jessie, we're going to be late and Care will kill us if we're late." Megan said dragging Jessie from the changing rooms and outside onto the school field. Jessie rolled her eyes at Megan and took her hair out of her side braid and tied it into a ponytail as they made their way over to the cheerleading squad.

"Hey guys," Megan said to Bonnie and Caroline as the four girls started to do stretches.

Jessie got roped into doing cheerleading with Megan, even though Jessie doesn't have a voice she can still do the moves which was all that really mattered.

"Hey," Elena replied back. Jessie waved at the girls before doing some stretches, the dream from last night still fresh in her mind.

"Why do you always read Jess?" He groaned. Jessie looked up from her novel that she was reading and frowned confused, tilting her head to the side. "What do you mean?" Jessie asked innocently. He rolled his eyes and in less than a second he was in front of her taking the novel out of her hands and looking at it.

"Hmm, you're reading Romeo and Juliet… love story? A little sappy for you isn't it Jess?" He asked raising an eyebrow as Jessie got up and rolled her eyes taking her book back off of him, "It's a beautiful love story Kol. Now go bother someone else." Jessie muttered before walking off but Kol grabbed her arm and pushed her onto the divan gently before hovering above her smirking.

"Oh but you are so wrong love. Our love story is much better, darling." He whispered before nuzzling his nose with Jessie's. Jessie giggled as his fingers rang along her waist before he placed a gently kiss to her nose.

Kol. Now she finally knew a name but why was she dreaming of him?

"Where's C?" Megan asked confused and Jessie looked around frowning slightly at not seeing Caroline, she was normal always here. Megan got her phone out and was about to call her but Caroline got out of the car that pulled up, Jessie looked up and noticed that it was the man from The Grill from the bonfire night.

They all saw Caroline kiss the guy from The Grill, "That must be the mystery guy from The Grill." Bonnie stated and Jessie nodded her head agreeing.

"That's not a mystery guy… that's Damon Salvatore." Elena said and the girls all stood up, Megan raised an eyebrow. "Salvatore?" Megan asked confused. "As in Stefan?" Bonnie finished.

Caroline got out of the car and came over to the girls while Jessie stared at Damon who seemed familiar, he gave her a smirk, "I got the other brother, hope you don't mind." Caroline said to Elena.

Caroline went to the front and the four girls turned around after sharing a look, "Sorry I was late girls… I was err busy, all right let's start with a double pie turkey hurdler, what do you say? " Caroline said.

"So will you kiss Kyle tonight?" Megan asked Jessie as Caroline shouted out the timings. Jessie rolled her eyes as she jumped up, before giving Megan a look and she grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry… but your like a sister to me Jessie, you have to tell me these details ok? We've known each other since we were babies when I came here for the holidays with my parents… we were best friends with April before she moved to the boarding school, we like have to tell each other everything even the kissy stuff, so if you kiss tonight you have to tell me because this will like be your first kiss!" Megan squealed.

"Megan, Jessie, sweeties, you guys want to save it for after cheer practice?" Caroline asked with an amused look. Jessie blushed while Megan grinned, "sorry C." Megan said before they both returned to the routine and Jessie noticed that Elena was looking from the back. "Ok from the top! 5, 6, 7, 8!" Caroline counted.

"4, 5, 6, 7, 8! Keep going girls! And again! Lisa it's called a squat not lie on the floor! From the top!" Caroline ordered. Jessie sighed and moved her fringe to behind her ear before doing the routine again.


After cheer practice the girls headed to the changing rooms where they got showers before changing back into their clothes, Jessie put on her black skater skirt with a denim button down shirt also black converse and tied her hair into a messy bun before going to leave but Megan grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"Oh no, you are wearing make-up!" Megan said determined and got her make up back out and began to put make-up on Jessie's normally pale face.

When she was done Megan grinned to herself, "perfect! Now go sweep that lad off his feet girl," Megan said. Jessie rolled her eyes before hugging her best friend and mouthing thanks then grabbing her bags and heading to the car park seeing her brother's truck.

"Why you all dressed up?" Tyler asked confused eyeing the make-up on his little sisters face and not liking how grown up she looked.

Meeting some friends at The Grill, drop me off please? Jessie signed. Tyler nodded his head and they got into his truck before he drove her to The Grill. Jessie got out and smiled at Tyler in thanks before taking a deep breath and walking into The Grill and seeing Kyle with his friends.

Kyle looked around for Jessie and finally spotted her, he smiled before getting up and walking over to her. "Hey Jessie," He said smiling. Jessie smiled back at him before Kyle took her hand and pulled her over to his table gently and she sat next to him.

Kyle looked at his friends, they already knew who Jessie was because Kyle wouldn't shut up about her, but they still smiled at her nothing the less, "guys this is Jessie Lockwood, Jessie this is Tony, Robert and Jay." Kyle introduced they all grinned at Jessie who blushed slightly and waved back. They knew she was a mute so they didn't expect her to answer she mouthed to them, hey.

Kyle laced his fingers with Jessie's and Jessie blushed slightly again but a normal person would have caught her blush.

Tyler looked over Vicki's shoulder and saw his sister with Kyle Carter and his friends, he frowned confused, since when were they dating? He thought and kept a close eye on Jessie before she saw her get up and going to the girl's room.

Getting her phone out Jessie texted Megan quickly, Going gd so far, hes lovely! Tell u more l8r x –Jessie

Omg! Awh! Ok u better!;) x –Megan

When she was done, Jessie walked out of the girls room and saw Tyler lunge for Jeremy, Matt held him back and Jessie sighed silently before walking back over to Kyle as she was going to ignore her brother being a dick.

Kyle smiled at Jessie as she came over, he had just finished talking to his mates about what he was going to do he wanted to ask her out but didn't know what her brother would think. Tyler could kick his ass, and he didn't really want that.

"Hey Jessie," Kyle greeted smiling, Jessie returned the smile as she sat down next to him it was a little force but Kyle didn't notice before the boys carried on talking about football and other boy stuff.


When Jessie got home after getting a lift off Matt, she went straight into her house and saw Tyler standing at the top of the stairs with his arms crossed, "so how was your date with Kyle Carter?" He asked. Jessie rolled her eyes before walking into the kitchen and getting a glass of water then walking back out and going up to her room ignoring her brother.

Jessie grabbed her phone and sent a text to Megan saying that she'll tell her in the morning before grabbing her journal.

Dear Journal, today was all right I suppose. Normal. Did cheer practice today and it was surprisingly fun, I actually enjoyed myself doing cheerleading. I got asked out on a date by my crush, well not a real date… but still I got to hang out with him and his friends! Then Kyle said that he'll take me out on a date after the football game, there is going to be a party at one of the footballers house and Kyle wants to go with me! Amazing right? Just hope tomorrow is normal.


"Ok so like tell me everything!" Megan gushed out as she spotted Jessie in her cheerleading gear with her hair tied into a ponytail. Jessie grinned and began signing to Megan about what happened last night and what Kyle was going to do tonight.

"Aw! I see the beginning of a romance…" Megan sang making Jessie blushed slightly and nudge her friend but Megan just stayed grinning. Jessie rolled her green eyes before walking off and bumping into someone.

"Sorry," The person said and Jessie looked up and saw Stefan, he gave her a small smile and Jessie returned it.

"You ok Jessie?" Stefan asked seeing her rub her head, did she bump into him to hard? He thought. Jessie nodded giving him a small smile before mouthing headache to Stefan and he nodded.

Jessie looked over Stefan's shoulder and saw Kyle giving her a grin, Jessie smiled back at him before looking at Stefan, I'll see you later she signed before she left and walked over to Kyle who grinned at her and kissed her cheek. "Hey Jessie, looking good in your cheer gear." He said giving her a smirk. Jessie rolled her eyes and blushed slightly as he took her hand and laced their fingers together.

"So… tonight the party is at John's place, still going?" Kyle asked as they walked around seeing everyone getting ready for the football game. Jessie nodded with a small smile on her lips, "Great. Well can't wait to see you there, babe. Good luck later," He said winking before he kissed Jessie's cheek again and left. Jessie smiled and sighed silently before turning around and seeing Jeremy.

Jeremy looked at Kyle giving him a glare to his back before looking back at Jessie, "You with Carter?" Jeremy asked nodding to Kyle. Jessie bit her lip before shrugging, "why did he call you babe? Cause that's not cool." Jeremy said smirking making Jessie roll her eyes grinning at her other best friend.

Don't be a jerk Jer She mouthed to him before he shrugged and slung his arm over her shoulder pulling her towards one of his stoners friends trucks and grabbing her waist before placing her onto the hood of the car and giving her a bottle of vodka. She raised an eyebrow at him but he shrugged, "You need it to get all preppy." He answered.

Jessie gave him a look before taking the bottle and placing the top to her lips and taking two gulps wincing at the stinging feeling in the back of her throat while Jeremy laughed at her face before he shut up when she gave him a glare but he still smirked. Not funny she signed to him.

"It is a little," He said giving her a cheeky grin.


"What's going on?" Megan asked coming over raising an eyebrow at Jessie and Jeremy who were drinking out of a bottle of vodka, Jessie gave Megan and huge grin before pointing to the bottle then to herself and nodding her head. Megan rolled her eyes before looking at Jeremy, "Have you gotten her drunk Jer? She needs to cheer in 10 minutes!" Megan exclaimed and Jeremy shrugged innocently.

"I did nothing… it was all Jessie's fault." He said pointing to Jessie who frowned confused and tilted her head to the side biting her lip looking like a 5 year old. Megan rolled her eyes, "hmm… and your going to get an A and stay in school for a whole week." Megan said sarcastically making Jeremy glare at her.

He pouted, "You're no fun." He mumbled. Megan smiled at patted his head mockingly, "I'm too old to play with you little boy." Before she took Jessie and basically dragged her to the toilets to help sober her up otherwise Tyler would kill Jeremy and Jessie also Jessie had a date with Kyle.

When they were done, they came out with Jessie holding her head silently mouthing about a headache and about how Megan shouldn't of thrown water at her. They stopped when they saw Tyler and Jeremy fighting on the floor, groaning mentally, Jessie walked up to them to see Stefan pull them away before Jeremy grabbed a glass and went to attack Tyler with it Jessie didn't think before she opened her mouth to shout to Stefan but Stefan's hand had already been sliced open and blood was coming out from the wound.

Running over to him she could have sworn that there was a huge gash on his hand but it was gone… so was the blood… how could it have healed so quickly? That's just not possible…

Shaking her head confused she turned back around and saw Megan looking at where Jeremy had stalked off to, sighing she walking up with Megan and tapped her shoulder gently and gave her a small smile before the two girls walked away to where Caroline wanted them to be and helped set up where the boys will be running through.

"Needs to be straighter on the right, do you guys know straight lines?" Caroline asked annoyed making Jessie smirk while Megan giggled quietly.

"You feeling more sober now?" Megan asked Jessie she nodded before frowning and checking her skirt pockets for her phone. Left my phone in the truck going to go get it I'll be back in a minute Jessie signed to Megan who nodded her head softly before Jessie went to the car park and going to Tyler's truck getting her phone out and checking some messages on her phone before hearing Stefan talking to someone. Looking around she went to where the voices were which was behind the school stadium, and saw Damon his elder brother they were talking about someone called Katherine before Mr. Tanner came out. She heard a few words from Damon, "If that's my humanity then what's this?" He said before he suddenly appeared in front of Mr. Tanner and started to bite! Into his neck! What the hell! Jessie gave a silent gasp and covered her mouth with her hand in shock as Mr. Tanner gave out sounds of protests, "No!" Stefan shouted.

Damon dropped the body, the lifeless and bloodless body, of Mr. Tanner to the ground and turned around showing his bloodied lips and chin also veins under his eyes, what was he?

"Anyone… anytime… anyplace." Damon said. Jessie felt her lip tremble before she turned and walked away quickly feeling fear chilling through her bones, they were… he were a…


"Somebody help!" Megan heard Matt shout. She frowned confused before looking at the other cheerleaders and began walking to where Matt had shouted from, she saw Jessie coming towards her looking even more pale than normal and started to panic.

"What's going on?" Megan asked quickly and Jessie just looked up at her before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. I don't know Jessie signed to Megan, she wasn't going to tell Megan what she saw… that… person do to Mr. Tanner. Jessie didn't want to worry her friend.

The girls made there way over and saw an ambulance come into the school where Mr. Tanner's dead lifeless body was laying. The police had come as well and Jessie saw people looking scared before she shook her head to get the image of Damon sucking… the blood of Mr. Tanner away.

"Hey… hey, you alright?" Jessie heard Kyle ask her as he saw her worried and scared pale face. Jessie shook her head no before Kyle pulled her into a hug and she leaned into his shoulder holding onto him. "Shhh… it's alright yeah? It was an animal attack ok?" Kyle mumbled as he ran his hand up and down her back to try and soothe her but it wasn't working that well but she felt like someone else should be doing that instead of Kyle…


Dear Journal, today was the football game and it didn't go normal. I didn't get my date with Kyle because the party and football game was cancelled because Mr. Tanner was killed tonight. On the plus side… I got drunk… Anyways I saw something that I never wanted to see in my life… it was horrible… and I couldn't do anything about it, I could have prevented Mr. Tanner being killed! I mean what if he had a family or children? But that… that… Damon Salvatore killed him tonight. I saw it with my own eyes. Damon Salvatore sucked the blood out of Mr. Tanner, drained him till he was lifeless. Something weird is going on in Mystic Falls, these "animals attacks" aren't just animal attacks how does that explain the twin holes that Vicki had when she was "attacked" in the woods or all the people going missing also me seeing Mr. Tanner being drained… there can only be one thing, or unless this is a sick twisted dream that I will wake up from or evolution is actually turning freaky and making people drink blood, or they could be vampires… I'm hoping that this is a twisted sick dream but vampires being real, seems to be true and I'm placing my bets on that the Salvatore's are vampires and it's about to get even more freaky.


A/N: What d'you guys think? Love or hate? Review please! Another update should be by Sunday then I'll update again on Monday, Christmas Eve, or Tuesday, Christmas Day, for your present but remember to review please guys! Means a lot! 21st tomorrow, 2012… good luck;) till next time stay safe! (Not meant to be dirty…) peace and love guys!